Olympic recap, Day 1

It was a generally rough day individually for the Spurs’ six Olympians, who combined to shoot 40 percent from the floor on the opening round of the competition. Manu Ginobili saved the best for last, stuffing the box score in typically robust fashion to engineer Argentina’s rout of Lithuania.

Patty Mills: 20 points (9 for 24 shooting), 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 turnovers in Australia’s 75-71 loss to Brazil. Poor Patty – forced to carry the load on an overmatched team in the absence of the injured Andrew Bogut. Poor shooting and decision making aside, he at least took a page from the Book of Bryant and went down shooting.

Tony Parker: 10 points (4 for 11 shooting), 4 turnovers in France’s 98-71 loss to the USA. Parker says he hasn’t done anything over the past month, and it showed. He was rusty and largely ineffective as the Americans made it their mission to shut him down.

Nando De Colo: 7 points (3 for 9 shooting), 3 assists, 3 steals, 5 turnovers against the USA. Not the best day for the newest Spur, who struggled mightily against America’s fleet of athletes. There were bright spots, however, including his court sense and better defense than you’d expect against the likes of Kobe Bryant and Russell Westbrook.